CVE-2015-5297

Summary

CVECVE-2015-5297
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-07-31 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:14:00 UTC
DescriptionAn integer overflow issue has been reported in the general_composite_rect() function in pixman prior to version 0.32.8. An attacker could exploit this issue to cause an application using pixman to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pixman Pixman All All All All
Application Pixman Pixman All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1651585 – (CVE-2015-5297) CVE-2015-5297 pixman: general_composite_rect() integer overflow CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
92027 – 'test/stress-test' segfaults on i686 (pixman 0.32.6) MISC bugs.freedesktop.org Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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